#499C8E#499C8E

#499C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.084 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499C8E
RGB	rgb(73, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -28.76, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 28.76, 180.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0839 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.084 181)
XYZ	xyz(19.5165, 27.1446, 29.7969)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499C8E #9C4957

analogous

#499C65 #499C8E #49809C

triadic

#499C8E #8E499C #9C8E49

tetradic

#499C8E #65499C #9C4957 #809C49

square

#499C8E #65499C #9C4957 #809C49

split-complementary

#499C8E #9C4980 #9C6549

monochromatic

#224942 #357268 #499C8E #69B9AB #93CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#499C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#499C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499C8E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499C8E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.084 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9af',
    500: '#499c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499c8e;
$custom-light: #83b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.88,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63696,
    "c": 0.08393,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.27146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499C8E

secondary

#B88890

accent

#5C6FCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #499C8E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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